Marine Lyngbya has been proven as a potent anticancer agent by disrupting microfilament network. Lyngbya and its associated cyanobacterial compounds have been stressed for futuristic advancements in cancer research and have foreseen explicit advancements in the recent era. Moreover, compounds like lyngbyabellins, lyngbyastatins and other derived toxins are significantly studied. Therefore it is of interest to study the efficacies of Lyngbya fatty acid derivatives. Cytotoxicity and DNA laddering studies proves the efficiency and safety of marine Lyngbya. Caspase - 3 along with MMP2 and MMP9 affirms the anti-inflammatory properties. Molecular docking shows that Octadecanoic acid has strong binding affinity to MMP-2. The role of octadecanoic acid as a proapoptotic factor in emancipation of inflammation apart from inducing apoptosis is of interest to study in future.
Keywords: Interaction assessment; Lyngbya; MMP-2; anti-inflammatory activity; octadecanoic acid; proapoptotic factor.